Full color recording material and a method of forming colored images

Claim 2

A full color recording material comprising a support having thereon at least three silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers which contain respectively couplers which form yellow, magenta, and cyan colorations and which are sensitive to light of different wavelength regions, at least two of the said layers being spectrally sensitized selectively to match laser light beams of wavelengths of 670 nm or longer, wherein at least one of the at least two silver halide layers contains at least one spectral sensitizing dye selected from among those which are represented by the general formulae (I-a), (I-b), (I-c), (I-d), (II-a), (II-b) and (II-c) indicated below: ##STR108## wherein Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , Z 4 , Z 5 , Z 6 , Z 7 , Z 8 , Z 9 and Z 10 represent groups of atoms which are required to form 5- or 6-membered nitrogen containing heterocyclic rings with the proviso that Z 4 and Z 7 do not form 4-quinoline or 4-pyridine nuclei and the proviso that at least one of Z 9 and Z 10 forms is 4-quinoline nucleus or a 4-pyridine nucleus; D 1 and D 1 ', D 2 and D 2 ',D 3 and D 3 ', D 4 and D 4 ' represent groups of atoms which are required to form non-cyclic or cyclic acidic Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 , Q 4 , Q 5 , Q 6 and Q 7 represent groups of atoms which are required to form 5-, 6- or 7-membered rings; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 , represent alkyl groups; L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , L 4 , L 5 , L 6 , L 7 , L 8 , L 9 , L 10 , L 11 , L 12 , L 13 , L 14 , L 15 , L 16 , L 17 , L 18 , L 19 , L 20 , L 21 , L 22 , L 23 , L 24 , L 25 , L 26 , L 27 , L 28 , L 29 , L 30 , L 31 , L 32 , L 33 , L 34 , L 35 , L 36 , L 37 , L 38 , L 39 , L 40 , L 41 , L 42 , L 43 , L 44 , L 45 , L 46 , L 47 , L 48 , L 49 , L 50 , L 51 , L 52 , L 53 , L 54 and L 55 represent methine groups or substituted methine groups, which may also form rings with other methine groups, or which may form rings with an auxochrome; n 1 , n 2 , n 3 , n 4 , n 6 , n 7 , n 8 , n 9 , n 10 , n 11 and n 12 represent 0 or 1; M 1 , M 2 , M 3 , M 4 , M 5 , M 6 and M 7 represent charge neutralizing counter ions; and m 1 , m 2 , m 3 , M 4 , m 5 , m 6 and m 7 are zero or larger integers which are required to neutralize the charge of the molecule.

Claim 3

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein the ring formed by Z 9 or Z 10 is a member selected from the group consisting of a benzothiazole nucleus, a naphthothiazole nucleus, a benzoxazole nucleus, a naphthoxazole nucleus, and a benzimidazole nucleus.

Claim 4

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein at least one of the rings formed by Z 4 or Z 7 is a member selected from the group consisting of a benzothiazole nucleus, a naphthoxazole nucleus, and a benzimidazole nucleus.

Claim 5

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein D 1 , D 2 , D 3 and D 4 may be the same or different and represent thiocarbonyl groups or carbonyl groups.

Claim 6

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein at least one of the non-cyclic or cyclic acidic nuclei formed by D 1 and D 1 ', D 2 and D 2 ', D 3 and D 3 ', and D 4 and D 4 ' is a member selected from the group consisting of a 3-alkylrhodanine nucleus, a 3 alkyl-2-thioazoloidin-2,4-dione and a 3-alkyl-2-thiohydantoin nucleus.

Claim 7

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein at least two of the three silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers are selectively spectrally sensitized so as to match the wavelengths of semiconductor lasers in at least one of the wavelength bands 660 to 690 nm, 740 to 790 nm, 800 to 850 nm and 850 to 900 nm.

Claim 8

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein said silver halide photosensitive emulsion layer or layers containing a spectral sensitizing dye selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (I-a), (I-b), (I-c), (I-d), (II-a), (II-b) and (II-c) further contain at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (III), (IV), (V), (VII-a), (VII-b) and (VII-c) indicated below, in an amount sufficient to provide a supersensitizing effect: ##STR109## wherein A 1 represents a divalent aromatic residual group; R 9 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 each represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a halogen atom, a heterocyclic nucleus, a heterocyclythio group, an arylthio group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, an aralkylamino group, an aryl group or a mercapto group, these groups may be substituted with substituent groups and at least one of the groups represented by A 1 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 has a sulfo group; X 1 and Y 1 , and X 1 ' and Y 1 ' each represents --CH═ or --N═, but at least one of X 1 and Y 1 represents --N═, and at least one of X 1 ' and Y 1 ' represents --N═; ##STR110## wherein Z 11 represents a group of non-metal atoms which is required to complete a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring, R 13 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, R 14 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R 13 and R 14 may also be substituted alkyl groups and X 2 represents an acid anion; ##STR111## wherein R 15 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group and X 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an ammonium group, or a precursor; ##STR112## wherein Y 2 is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, ═NH or ═N-- (L 57 ) n14 --R 17 , L 56 and L 57 represent divalent linking groups, and R 16 and R 17 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, alkenyl groups or aryl groups and X 4 has the same meaning as X 3 in general formula (V); ##STR113## wherein R 27 and R 28 each represents --OH, --OM', --OR 30 , --NH 2 , --NH 30 , --NH(R 30 ) 2 , --NHNH 2 or --NHNHR 30 , R 30 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, M' represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, R 29 represents --OH or a halogen atom and n 15 and n 16 each represents 1, 2 or 3.

Claim 9

A full color recording material of claim 7, wherein said silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers contain a compound represented by the general formula (III) and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the general formula (IV), (V), (VII-a), (VII-b) and (VII-c) in an amount sufficient to provide a super-sensitizing effect.

Claim 10

A full color recording material of claim 8, wherein said silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers contain a super-sensitizing layer containing compounds represented by the general formula (III) and compounds represented by the general formula (IV).

Claim 11

A full color recording material of claim 9, wherein said compounds represented by the general formula (III) are used in amounts from 1/1 to 1/100 by weight with respect to the spectrally sensitizing dye represented by the general formula (I-a), (I-b), (I-c), (I-d), (II-a), (II-a), (II-b) or (II-c), and said compounds represented by formula (IV) are used in amounts from 1/10 to 10/1 by weight with respect to the compounds represented by the general formula (III).

Claim 12

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein 95 mol % or more of all the silver halide composing the silver halide grains which are contained in the silver halide photosensitive emulsion layer containing the crosslinking type spectrally sensitizing dye is silver chloride.

Claim 13

A full color recording material of claim 11, wherein said silver halide grains have a local phase which has a different silver bromide content from that contained in the substrate in at least some of interior and surface parts of the grains.

Claim 14

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein the emulsion layer containing at least one spectral sensitizing dye comprises a local phase having a silver bromide content which exceeds 15 mol % based on its silver halide content.

Claim 15

A full color recording material of claim 13, wherein the local phase comprises 20 to 609 mol% silver bromide based on its total silver halide content.

Claim 16

A full color recording material of claim 13, wherein the local phase comprises 30 to 50 mol % silver bromide based on the its silver halide content.

Claim 17

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein the emulsion layer containing at least one spectral sensitizing dye comprises mol % 2 mol % silver bromide based on the total silver halide content.

Claim 18

A full color recording material of claim 1, wherein the emulsion layer containing at least one spectral sensitizing dye comprises 10 mol % silver bromide based on the total silver halide content.